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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR IOWA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
930 PM CDT THU JUL 1 2004

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA 
AS A FRONT WASHES OUT IN THE DAKOTAS AND MINNESOTA.  THE SYSTEM IN 
THE PLAINS IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY...HOWEVER 
THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE 
OVERNIGHT HOURS. FARTHER EAST...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED WITH 
HUMID CONDITIONS KEEPING LOWS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S.  ON 
FRIDAY THE UPPER SYSTEM WILL DRIFT INTO MISSOURI AND IOWA SPREADING 
THE PRECIPITATION EASTWARD.  BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED 
WITH THE SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDWEST AS AMPLE 
MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE.  HOWEVER... ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER IS 
EXPECTED TO HOLD TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL DURING THE DAY.  THE 
ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY...MAINLY EAST OF THE 
MISSOURI RIVER AS THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION.  
A BRIEF BREAK IN THE ACTION IS EXPECTED ON THE FOURTH OF JULY ACROSS 
IOWA INTO MISSOURI AND KANSAS AS A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH 
THE AREA.  HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BACK IN THE FORECAST BY 
SUNDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER FRONT SLIDES INTO THE REGION.


SPECIFICALLY IN IOWA THIS EVENING...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTED FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST....GENERALLY OVER 
THE SOUTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE. LOCALLY UP TO AROUND A TENTH OF 
AN INCH FELL IN ANY GIVEN LOCATION WITH THESE SHOWERS...BUT MOST 
AREAS RECEIVED ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OR REMAINED  DRY. MOISTURE 
CONTINUED TO INCREASE AS THE DEW PINT TEMPERATURES WERE INTO THE 60S 
STATEWIDE AND ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES.   

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COGIL/MR